Fri. 10:38am: Study finds fracking chemicals didn't taint water

July 19, 2013

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifer......

Truthdetector

This little inconvenient truth was from the original article was also conveniently edited out: One finding surprised the researchers: Seismic monitoring determined one hydraulic fracture traveled 1,800 feet out from the well bore; most traveled just a few hundred feet. That's significant because some environmental groups have questioned whether the fractures could go all the way to the surface. The researchers believe that fracture may have hit naturally occurring faults, and that's something both industry and regulators don't want.

Don't drink the oil and gas industry kool-aid. Learn ALL the facts from reputable sources, not selectively quoted articles that support the propaganda machine. I can't believe our community is so blinded with dollar signs by these hucksters that people actually think the Exxons and BPs of the world are telling you the truth and have only our best interests at heart.

Truthdetector

This AP article was heavily edited by the Trib. Here's some important stuff from the orignal story that they left out:

While the lack of contamination is encouraging, Jackson said he wondered whether the unidentified drilling company might have consciously or unconsciously taken extra care with the research site, since it was being watched. He also noted that other aspects of the drilling process can cause pollution, such as poor well construction, surface spills of chemicals and wastewater. Jackson and his colleagues at Duke have done numerous studies over the last few years that looked at whether gas drilling is contaminating nearby drinking water, with mixed results. None has found chemical contamination but they did find evidence that natural gas escaped from some wells near the surface and polluted drinking water in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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jonathon

Boy I'll bet you "Hagan" fanatics are upset with this article, aren't you?? Oh wait, maybe that's not entirely true, the government doesn't give you a free newspaper while residing in section 8 housing, or do they??You gotta love those low information voters and readers, they are the future of America, however, I'm not too optimistic what that future will bring.

insider

This is not surprising, considering that in the many decades of fracking, there has been NO evidence of any well contamination in a properly drilled gas well. See the movie Fracknation for an honest appraisal of fracking.